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Biomedical Research Centre news

GOSH set to take part in world first human challenge study to find a COVID-19 vaccine

27 Oct 2020, 11:02 a.m.

National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre is set to play a crucial role in a new study exploring the possibility of running the first human challenge study to find a vaccine for COVID-19.

Funding success for Parkinson’s research

24 Sep 2020, 1 p.m.

Two multi-million-pound research grants will fund a pioneering new programme of research aimed at understanding and tackling Parkinson’s disease, including vital genetic investigations at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH).

Researchers grow functioning blood vessels from scratch

9 Sep 2020, 4 p.m.

Human cells ‘sent back in time’ to behave as they did in the womb can be used to grow networks of blood vessels in the laboratory, according to research by an international team including the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH). The fi

Lab-grown mini-organs could offer treatment hope for children with intestinal failure

7 Sep 2020, 4 p.m.

Pioneering scientists at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and the Francis Crick Institute have grown human intestinal grafts using stem cells from patient tissue that could one day lead to pe

First targeted gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome shows promise

12 Aug 2020, 10:02 a.m.

GOSH researchers have shown the power of gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 in correcting DNA ‘spelling mistakes’ that cause rare immune system conditions in children.